I just finished reading "Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets" by David Simon. Simon is an executive producer and writer for "The Wire". I thoroughly enjoyed "Homicide" so I am planning to select DVDs of "The Wire" from Netflix and watch them.

Fans of "The Wire" might consider reading "Homicide". David Simon spent one year (January 1, 1988 until December 31, 1988) shadowing the detectives of the homicide unit in Baltimore. He wrote about the major cases that the detectives investigated as well as the behind the scenes politics in the city and police department, the morbid sense of humor of the detectives, the depravity of the criminal class in Baltimore and the personality quirks of the individual officers. It is a long book at just under 650 pages but I found it to be an interesting read.

__________________"Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man! We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out."
--Hugh Latimer, October 16, 1555